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Bus Regulation: The Musical (Greater Manchester)

  • 2023 Media

    The art of bus campaigning

    7 Dec 2023
    Jonathan Bray: News and stories of progressive change

  • 2023 Media

    Bus Regulation in Greater Manchester

    22 Sep 2023
    Channel 4 News

  • 2023 Media

    Artist seizes platform to send clear messages on our buses

    29 Jan 2023
    The National (p.16)

  • 2023 Lecture

    Bus Regulation: The Musical – The Trilogy

    On 13 January 2023, Harrison won the University of Dundee’s ‘Engaged Researcher of the Year’ award at the annual Stephen Fry Public Engagement Awards for her work on the Bus Regulation: The Musical Trilogy in Greater Manchester, Strathclyde & Merseyside from 2019 – 2023.

  • 2022 Media

    Busverkehr in Großbritannien „Ein Desaster“

    22 Dec 2022
    Deutschlandfunk Kultur, Deutschlandradio (Germany)

  • 2022 Media

    Fusing art and activism

    1 Dec 2022
    Culture, Climate & Environmental Responsibility, Julie's Bicycle

  • 2022 Lecture

    Art, activism and the fight for better buses in Manchester, Liverpool and Glasgow

    19 Aug 2022
    AoMO2022, Liverpool

  • 2022 Newsletter

    Talks & events online and in-person in Glasgow, Liverpool & London

    25 Jul 2022

  • 2022 Newsletter

    New Strathclyde production of Bus Regulation: The Musical!

    21 Apr 2022

  • 2021 Media

    Setting the Stage for Better Public Transport

    1 Nov 2021
    Resurgence & The Ecologist (p.34-36)

  • 2021 Newsletter

    Glasgow Community Energy / Bus Regulation: The Musical and more

    14 Jun 2021

  • 2020 Newsletter

    Bus Regulation: The Musical Film / Book Tour

    17 Feb 2020

  • 2019 Media

    Roller-skating bus regulation musical premieres in Manchester

    22 Oct 2019
    Coach & Bus Week

  • 2019 Media

    What Bus Regulation: The Musical can tell us about the follies of privatisation

    3 Oct 2019
    CityMetric

  • 2019 Media

    Bus Regulation: The Musical feature

    30 Sep 2019
    You & Yours, BBC Radio 4

  • 2019 Media

    A Real Moving Story: Fifty years of Greater Manchester transport policy On Wheels

    28 Sep 2019
    East of the M60

  • 2019 Performance / Events
    Bus Regulation: The Musical staged at Manchester Art Gallery on 28 September 2019

    Bus Regulation: The Musical (Greater Manchester)

    Inspired by the 1980s hit musical ‘Starlight Express’, this performance / event re-enacts the history of public transport provision in Greater Manchester from the post-war period to the present day… on roller skates!

  • 2019 Media
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    Bus Regulation: The Musical preview

    27 Sep 2019
    North West Tonight, BBC One

  • 2019 Media

    Bus Regulation: The Musical preview

    27 Sep 2019
    North West Today, BBC One

  • 2019 Media

    Bus regulation proves just the ticket for a musical in Manchester

    27 Sep 2019
    The Guardian (p.26)

  • 2019 Newsletter

    Bus Regulation: The Musical / Book Launch

    25 Sep 2019

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Ellie Harrison is an artist & activist based in Glasgow (UK). In 2023 she won the Stephen Fry Public Engagement Award for her ‘Bus Regulation: The Musical’ Trilogy in Greater Manchester, Strathclyde & Merseyside (2019 – 2023).
In 2021 the Second Edition of Harrison’s book The Glasgow Effect: A Tale of Class, Capitalism & Carbon Footprint was launched at the UN Habitat’s Innovate4Cities conference to mark the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, and chosen by the Ecologist for the Resurgence Book Club. Her Early Warning Signs were also exhibited at Glasgow’s Mitchell Library during COP26 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the project.
Harrison’s Vending Machine continues to feature in the 😹 LMAO exhibition exploring humour in data visualisation at the Open Data Institute in London.

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Artist, activist & author of 'The Glasgow Effect: A Tale of Class, Capitalism & Carbon Footprint' 📚

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Today marks 40 years since ‘D-Day’ – the day that Margaret Thatcher’s 𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗯𝘂𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 was implemented everywhere across England, Scotland & Wales, except London 🚍 I’ve devoted the last 10 years of my life fighting to undo the damage that this policy caused. On Saturday, I was proud to be part of this special online event to mark the occasion 👏 You can watch the recording here 👇 @followers
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This is Massive! 📢 Did you hear First Minster John Swinney announce that all buses in Scotland will be brought back into public control by 2031? 🚍🥳 After 10 years' campaigning with Get Glasgow Moving and Better Buses for Strathclyde, it's just amazing to see The Scottish Government finally starting to listen! Hear my reaction in this special podcast for The National Newspaper 👇 @followers ...

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This weekend Wasps Artists' Studios - Hanson Street, Glasgow is celebrating its 25th anniversary! 🥳 I’ve been based here for sixteen of those years, since 2010. On 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟯 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿, 𝟭𝟭𝗮𝗺-𝟰𝗽𝗺 I’m opening my studio to visitors as part of the building’s special anniversary open studios event: waspsstudios.org.uk/news/hanson-street-studios-celebrates-25th-anniversary-this-october/ Please come down and say hello! @followers ...

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On Thursday night we launched the Get Glasgow Moving public transport campaign’s 10th Anniversary Exhibition at The New Glasgow Society 🙌 It’s only on until Weds 23rd Sept, so please make sure you visit! 👇

🗓️ Open every day until Weds 23rd September, 12noon-5pm
📍 1307 Argyle Street, G3 8TL

It’s been a total labour of love to bring this exhibition together – four days’ solid to install and a whole summer spent sorting through the archives and organising more than 240 photographs, sixty press cuttings, fifty films, alongside many old placards, banners and leaflets to the tell the story of our campaign over the last decade 🚍 🚇 🚆

If you don’t know much about Get Glasgow Moving or just want to find out how I’ve been spending a massive chunk of my time over the last 10 years as the campaign’s co-founder and chairperson – then please make sure you come along!

I’ll be invigilating from Monday – Weds, so come and say hi 😊

We are also selling our popular campaign t-shirts, designed by yours truly, for just £10 – so don't miss your chance to get one 👕

And thanks, as always, to Neil Scott for the wonderful photos!

Presented as part of Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival 2026

#GlasgowDoorsOpenDaysFestival #GlasgowGoesOut #CulturalHeritage #GlasgowEvents #GDODF26 @followers
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Opening this Thursday! 📢 Please don't miss this special exhibition I've curated to celebrate the Get Glasgow Moving campaign's 10th Anniversary 🥳 I've been working on it all summer and it's 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗶𝘅 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 at The New Glasgow Society as part of Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival #GDODF26 @followers 🙏 ...

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I was delighted to be back in Liverpool City Region this week for the launch of Merseytravel's new publicly-controlled bus network 🚌🥳 I staged 'Bus Regulation: The Musical' here in 2022 and 2023 as part of the campaign which led to Steve Rotheram's decision to become the 2nd UK city region to roll-out bus franchising, after Greater Manchester. Find out more here: ellieharrison.com/merseyside @followers ...

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After 10 years campaigning, it's just brilliant to see The Scottish Government finally taking action to regulate bus fares in Glasgow 👏 But their £2 fare cap will do nothing to improve services, create new routes or integrate timetables and tickets with other transport modes 🚍🚇🚆 For that we must bring our bus network back into public control. Please support Better Buses for Strathclyde to make it happen ✊ @followers ...

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Thanks so much to The National Newspaper for inviting me to discuss how to fix Glasgow's public transport on their podcast! 😄🚍🚇🚆 Listen to find out more about my campaigning with Get Glasgow Moving, Better Buses for Strathclyde, Bring Back British Rail & GoBike 👇 @followers ...

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